The delegation of the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Türkiye conducted a visit to Elmadağ Nursing Home Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Center on 29.12.2021 as part of its national preventive mechanism mandate. Initially, information about the Institution was obtained by first meeting with the administration of center. Then, interviews and observations were made with the residents staying at the center and the personnel in charge.

Within the scope of the visit, ‘situations relating to the physical conditions of the center, the treatment towards residents, the health services, the measures taken for the Covid-19 pandemic and the vaccination studies, nutritional conditions, social activities, daily life and communication with the external world’ were examined in the context of national and international standards.

As a result of the visit, a report containing the findings and recommendations regarding the examinations and interviews will be prepared and shared with the relevant institutions and the public.